Sentences with phrase «holding the state legislature»

Our Supreme Court has shown their independence by being the first Supreme Court in the nation to hold the State legislature in Contempt for failing to comply with the 2012 Court Order.

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[106][107] Corzine vowed to get that plan through the state legislature by March, but held off for nearly a month before releasing the details.

Kasich said he doubted Congress would take any actions but said he held out hope that state and local legislatures might.

In the State of Colorado in 1944 a special session of the legislature was called to consider a bill to outlaw the holding of property by all persons of Japanese origin.

Where Gibson is private, McLain, 49, holds the most public of jobs in the 1990s: He hosts a radio call - in show in Detroit, discoursing during morning drive time on everything from the state legislature to the state of the world.

The state legislature is considering the Save New York Call Center Jobs Act, which would hold corporations like Verizon accountable for keeping jobs in New York.

When one political party holds the governor's office and a majority in both houses of the state legislature, the state is governed by a state government trifecta.

At the time of the 2000 redistricting cycle, both chambers of the state legislature were controlled by Democrats; a Republican held the governorship.

Since it's pretty much completely up to the state legislature, why can't it choose to hold an election by the entire population (including non-citizens, or even minors if they really wanted to)?

In the early 19th century, most states did not hold popular elections for presidential electors and the legislature just chose them directly; as time went on, more and more states changed to doing popular vote for them, but as recently as 1876, the Colorado legislature appointed its electors rather than hold an election because it was newly admitted and didn't have the time to do so.

Cannon described Colorado as a state where Democrats had the best chances of flipping the legislature — where President Obama did well in 2008, Democrats held the Senate by five votes, and Republicans held the House by just a one - vote margin.

The New York state legislature is seemingly back to business as usual, with majority parties holding planning meetings, and the new session set to begin right after the holidays.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature approved a plan in the state budget to hold the line on taxes and encourage local governments and schools to merge and share services over the next few years.

Those gains were relatively minor, if only because Republicans held a large number of seats in state legislatures going into the election.

Meng was first elected to represent Flushing in 2008 and re-elected in 2010, taking over the seat held by her father, Jimmy Meng, who in 2004 became the first Asian - American elected to the state legislature.

The legislature's finance committee held a hearing on numerous tax proposals Tuesday including raising the sales tax in a quest to cobble together a budget and close a $ 1.7 billion deficit.The panel, which oversees the revenue side of the state budget,...

The new comptroller, under the rules of the state's constitution, was selected by a vote of the legislature, and hearings were held.

Mr. Cuomo declined to criticize Mr. Schneiderman's ideas, but noted that the legislature often takes considerable time to pass bills, given that the Assembly is in the hands of the Democrats while the Republicans hold the reins of the State Senate.

Anyone now serving in the New York State legislature should be permanently barred from holding any further office.

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single - party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

In 2009, both houses of the state legislature held a combined 12 hearings on mayoral control renewal, and in 2016, just the Senate is holding two hearings.

Her warm - up act included several female firsts: State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the first female legislative conference leader in the New York State, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, the legislature's first openly lesbian member, and Public Advocate Letitia James, the first woman of color to hold citywide office in New York City, as well as city first lady Chirlane McCray and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who is now one of the country's best - known advocates for gun control.

For the first time in a long time, one party holds both the legislature and governorship in 37 states.

Accordingly, states could hold an election, but in most the state legislature chose the electors.

The GOP is hoping to make inroads in Massachusetts where it currently holds no statewide offices, no seats in the state's congressional delegation and is outnumbered in the Massachusetts legislature by about 5 to 1.

Protect Orange County Chair Pramilla Malick is also calling on state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate the permitting process and wants the state legislature to hold oversight hearings.

The firmest control over a state legislature is exhibited in Hawaii, where Democrats hold every seat in the Senate and only five Republicans sit in the 45 - seat state House of Representatives.

New York state legislature leaders have been discussing whether to hold a special session this month and take up, among other issues, pay raises for lawmakers.

«There can be no question that a full ethics investigation into this improper exertion of state legislative influence by Senator Libous is required, either by virtue of this complaint or on the Commission's own initiative, in order to hold the state senator fully accountable to the standards of ethical conduct and public integrity state law requires of all members of the legislature.»

Though women in New York make up nearly 52 percent of the population, out of the state legislature's total of 213 seats, only 43 women currently hold office in the Assembly and 11 women in the Senate.

The governor says his mandate relief panel will hold public hearings around the state, and asked the legislature for an up or down vote on the panel's ultimate recommendations.

Yesterday, in proceedings held before Circuit Judge Reena Raggi, Circuit Judge Gerald E. Lynch, and District Judge Dora L. Irizarry, lawyers for Governor Andrew Cuomo, the state legislature and the plaintiffs addressed the status of the newly enacted Legislative Redistricting... Continue reading →

The state legislature replaced one member of the State Board of Regents, but allowed three others to remain, in elections held for the state's top educational policy bstate legislature replaced one member of the State Board of Regents, but allowed three others to remain, in elections held for the state's top educational policy bState Board of Regents, but allowed three others to remain, in elections held for the state's top educational policy bstate's top educational policy board.

In other words, a state legislature does not appear to have an obligation to appoint electors based on the popular plurality vote, and this presumably applies even if an election has already been held.

The City Council is set to vote on a resolution this week that calls on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hold special elections for the many vacant seats in the state legislature.

TN is not as reflexively Republican as some Deep South states such as MS and AL. 5 out of 9 of the US House seats are held by Democrats, the very popular governor is a Democrat, and the state legislature is split between a Republican senate and a Democratic House.

Assemblyman Kevin Cahill held a press conference at the Governor Clinton Hotel in Kingston Tuesday morning to discuss the «many accomplishments» and «few disappointments» of the state legislature's 2013 session.

He will hold six regional addresses across the state rather than the traditional speech before the legislature.

Yesterday, in proceedings held before Circuit Judge Reena Raggi, Circuit Judge Gerald E. Lynch, and District Judge Dora L. Irizarry, lawyers for Governor Andrew Cuomo, the state legislature and the plaintiffs addressed the status of the newly enacted Legislative Redistricting Plan for the State Senate and Assembly Distrstate legislature and the plaintiffs addressed the status of the newly enacted Legislative Redistricting Plan for the State Senate and Assembly DistrState Senate and Assembly Districts.

He says the local District Attorneys have full jurisdiction, and the State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli could make what's known as a referral to the Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and the state legislature could be holding hearState Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli could make what's known as a referral to the Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and the state legislature could be holding hearstate legislature could be holding hearings.

While I admire his stance on our behalf for fiscal responsibility against the state legislature, some one needs to hold his hand to prevent him from doing stupid things to himself.

GOP candidate for governor and Deputy Senate Leader John DeFrancisco says he wants the legislature to hold hearings into the 514 tourism signs posted along numerous highways in the state.

With the Republican - controlled legislature's approved maps held up by lawsuits mostly concerned with the Voting Rights Act and minority population growth, Texas» legislative redistricting process remained heavily contentious into 2012, leaving the state to use a set of interim maps released in February by a San Antonio federal court.

These commissioners were not permitted to have held elected office within the preceding five - year period, nor could they be employees of Congress or the state legislature.

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The implementation and rollout of the Healthy Michigan Plan, which expanded Medicaid at a time when both the governor and the majority of the state legislature are Republican, holds lessons for other «red» states, say the researchers.

The Oregon legislature drafted the new tax proposal in a special session last month, stipulating that a majority of the state's cities, counties, and school districts must signal their backing for a statewide vote before it can be held, in March or May of next...

Holding out an olive branch to the new Republican majority in the legislature and to the middle class, Gov. James J. Florio of New Jersey last week laid out plans to help stimulate the state economy and ease the burden on taxpayers.

The panel, which was established by the National Conference of State Legislatures, recommends that states define a set of clear goals for higher education, hold institutions accountable...

But a 1999 compromise approved by the California legislature required that charter school teachers earn a credential comparable to certificates held by public school teachers, in return for lifting the cap on charters across the state.